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Speaking on France’s LCI news channel last week, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu waved the banner of defending ’Judaeo-Christian civilisation’ as he sought to justify his crusade against the Palestinian people. In this analysis, Mediapart co-founder Edwy Plenel deconstructs an (…)
The story of Jewish suffering means there is a moral necessity to fight oppression everywhere
William Zuckerman was born in 1885 in the Pale of Settlement, that part of the Russian empire to which Jews were largely confined, a place of poverty and pogroms. His family managed to escape, (…)
Note by the author: The following notes are a very sketchy primer. It is not a detailed historical analysis nor a discussion of the Palestinian liberation struggle. The readings cited at the end provide some background and insight on these critical subjects.
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1) Zionism is (…)
A group of 122 Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists and intellectuals express their concerns about the IHRA definition.
We, the undersigned Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists and intellectuals are hereby stating our views regarding the definition of antisemitism by the (…)
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz’s devotion to social activism began when she was 17. It was 1963, and with the civil rights movement gathering strength she became involved with the Harlem Education Project, an effort to educate young people on black history and give them access to cultural institutions (…)
The further Israel moves from a solution to the conflict, the more it finds itself in need of the symbols of the religious right. Liberal Israelis can only present a real alternative if they fully renounce the sanctification of blood and land.
I have not adhered to halakha in my daily life for years now, but in spite of this I do fast on Tisha B’Av. I am often asked if I am mourning the destruction of the Temple and the answer is both yes and no.
Yes, I identify (...)
The following document was sent to all members of the Parliamentary Labour Party ahead of last night’s (16 July) meeting.
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To all members of the Parliamentary Labour Party:
Briefing – IHRA definition of antisemitism
Antisemitism guidelines agreed by the (…)
The new code makes clear that discrimination against Jewish people is unacceptable while allowing for legitimate criticism of Israel.
Last week, the Labour party introduced a code of conduct on antisemitism, stronger than anything of its kind adopted by any political party in this country. (…)
British film director asks if Charles Michel had examined the evidence before accusing him of anti-Jewish comments.
Ken Loach has responded with fury at a hastily convened press conference to a suggestion by the Belgian prime minister that a leading university was wrong to honour him (…)
Stop accusing Jewish people of treachery when they criticise Israel, writes Eleanor Penny.
On Monday night, Jeremy Corbyn attended a Passover seder hosted by left-wing organisation Jewdas – a group known for their pro-Palestinian politics, their bedazzled Purim cabarets and their insistence (…)
I. Mear One’s mural [[http://mearone.com/projects/httpmearone-comwp-contentuploads201607freedom-for-humanity_small-jpg] was antisemitic. If Trump posted an image of that mural on his Twitter feed, it would immediately be recognised for what it is. It is the idea that it is in some way associated (…)
If the left wants to win over the pro-Israeli lobby, it will have to start taking anti-semitism seriously.
About every three months I am accused of being an anti-semite. It is not difficult to predict when it will happen. A single, critical mention of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians will (…)
The acclaimed film director responds to recent allegations in The Guardian and New York Times that he gave “spurious legitimacy” to Holocaust denial.
Following recent allegations made against him by Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian and Howard Jacobson in the New York Times, and the refusal (…)
Progress, the Jewish Labour Movement and the rightwing media have been running a completely cynical campaign, argues Moshé Machover.
The whole campaign of equating opposition to Zionism with anti-Semitism has, in fact, been carefully orchestrated with the help of the Israeli government and (…)
Israeli historian Shlomo Sand responds to Emmanuel Macron’s speech in front of Benjamin Netanyahu, in commemoration of the 1942 Vel d’Hiv round-up of Jews. “Has this former student of philosophy, Paul Ricoeur’s assistant, read so few history books that he does not know that many Jews or (…)
Roland Rance examines the issues.
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Tory electoral strategist Lynton Crosby has gained notoriety for his “dead cat” tactic: when losing an argument, “throw a dead cat on the table”. However much this may disgust people, you can guarantee that the dead cat is what they (…)
Paul Kelemen, author of The British Left and Zionism: History of a Divorce, looks at the roots of the recent controversies in the British Labour Party
If the mainstream media is to be believed, the Labour Party is seriously afflicted with antisemitism. Although most of the remarks cited as (…)
However distorted and exaggerated, antisemitism is a real current in France that needs to be confronted.
A new holocaust. Kristallnacht. That, they say, is what the large mobilizations against Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip betoken. With the best will in the world, when Israel’s mandarins and apologists invoke the Holocaust’s legacy in this way, it is difficult not to respond with a world-weary sigh.
Who dares to bomb a packed refugee center , incinerating, shredding, and crushing the (...)
The below - an open letter from Palestine scholar Julien Salingue to Roger Cukierman of the French Jewish body CRIF - is translated from the original French. It helps place a lot of the lurid anglophone reporting in context.
Since the beginning of the Israeli offensive against Gaza, the (…)
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January 20, 2014
Independent Jewish Voices condemns Harper’s attempt to exploit anti-Semitism in Knesset speech
OTTAWA- Independent Jewish Voices – Canada (IJV) is disturbed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s remarks during his speech to the Israeli Parliament, in (…)
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